02-24-2017, 12:23 PM
Signed up my son for ALEKS and wanted to report his progress. He is taking Calculus at home, so he's familiar with most of what he encountered on ALEKS. He passed each initial assessment exam the same day he started it, and in one sitting without logging out of ALEKS. He did them each on a separate day. Specific course info:
Intermediate Algebra: Passed initial assessment in under 3 hours, double-checking answers. On this one, he copied down the problems and his answers for me to review after the exam was over. I can do this level material in my sleep, backwards and forwards. Based on his answers, he should have received 100% on the Intermediate Algebra initial exam, but instead it scored him at 82% mastery. All I can guess on this is that the lower score is due either to the fact that all topics cannot be tested on a 30-question exam or ALEKS doesn't recognize all possible ways of entering the answers. For example, one could enter (x+2)^2 or (x+2)(x+2) or x^2+4x+4. Or negative five-ninths could be entered as -(5/9) or -5/9.
College Algebra: Took nearly 7 hours to pass initial assessment, 79% mastery. This was by far the most difficult exam of the 3. By the way, he already earned this credit via Study.com, but by passing it on ALEKS, he freed up room for more Study.com courses. We were concerned about eventually hitting the TESU 90-credit transfer limit on Study.com.
PreCalculus: Passed initial assessment in under 4 hours, 80% mastery. Straightforward questions, completely doable. He double-checked his answers and stated there were some he was uncertain of.
He has no experience with Statistics and currently is not interested in even looking at it on ALEKS. We have 3 weeks left in our subscription, so I'm hoping he will change his mind. Any tips or helpful web links for passing the ALEKS Statistics would be much appreciated. If he bails on ALEKS Statistics, we'll go with Study.com. Also, could someone please tell me specifically WHICH ALEKS Statistics course is needed to satisfy the required statistics for TESU BSBA GM? I want to be absolutely certain I don't screw this up for him. It looks like the ALEKS/ACE choices are:
Introduction to Statistics
Business Statistics
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Kudos to ACE & ALEKS for transferring the credits so quickly (except for that long holiday weekend wait).
Intermediate Algebra: Passed initial assessment in under 3 hours, double-checking answers. On this one, he copied down the problems and his answers for me to review after the exam was over. I can do this level material in my sleep, backwards and forwards. Based on his answers, he should have received 100% on the Intermediate Algebra initial exam, but instead it scored him at 82% mastery. All I can guess on this is that the lower score is due either to the fact that all topics cannot be tested on a 30-question exam or ALEKS doesn't recognize all possible ways of entering the answers. For example, one could enter (x+2)^2 or (x+2)(x+2) or x^2+4x+4. Or negative five-ninths could be entered as -(5/9) or -5/9.
College Algebra: Took nearly 7 hours to pass initial assessment, 79% mastery. This was by far the most difficult exam of the 3. By the way, he already earned this credit via Study.com, but by passing it on ALEKS, he freed up room for more Study.com courses. We were concerned about eventually hitting the TESU 90-credit transfer limit on Study.com.
PreCalculus: Passed initial assessment in under 4 hours, 80% mastery. Straightforward questions, completely doable. He double-checked his answers and stated there were some he was uncertain of.
He has no experience with Statistics and currently is not interested in even looking at it on ALEKS. We have 3 weeks left in our subscription, so I'm hoping he will change his mind. Any tips or helpful web links for passing the ALEKS Statistics would be much appreciated. If he bails on ALEKS Statistics, we'll go with Study.com. Also, could someone please tell me specifically WHICH ALEKS Statistics course is needed to satisfy the required statistics for TESU BSBA GM? I want to be absolutely certain I don't screw this up for him. It looks like the ALEKS/ACE choices are:
Introduction to Statistics
Business Statistics
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Kudos to ACE & ALEKS for transferring the credits so quickly (except for that long holiday weekend wait).
I came to this forum researching for my now 17-yr-old son who was earning credits via testing and online courses. He completed TESU's BUS-421 in March 2018, the capstone for the TESU BSBA GM degree. Below are the courses he took:
Study.com: Business 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 113, 121, 308, 309; Economics 101, 102; Finance 101, 102; History 103, 104, 106, 108; Math 103; Political Science 102; Religion 101; Geology 101; Nutrition 101; Chemistry 101; English 305
SL: Intro to Communications, Accounting 1&2, Financial Accounting
ALEKS: Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, PreCalculus, Statistics
TEEX: Cybersecurity 101, 102, 103
Sophia: Developing Effective Teams
312N-H Ethics & the CPCU Code of Professional Conduct
Community College: English 101 & 102, Calculus 1
TESU: MAT-105 Applied Liberal Arts Math TECEP, BUS-421-OL BSBA Capstone Course (January 2018 term)
Study.com: Business 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 113, 121, 308, 309; Economics 101, 102; Finance 101, 102; History 103, 104, 106, 108; Math 103; Political Science 102; Religion 101; Geology 101; Nutrition 101; Chemistry 101; English 305
SL: Intro to Communications, Accounting 1&2, Financial Accounting
ALEKS: Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, PreCalculus, Statistics
TEEX: Cybersecurity 101, 102, 103
Sophia: Developing Effective Teams
312N-H Ethics & the CPCU Code of Professional Conduct
Community College: English 101 & 102, Calculus 1
TESU: MAT-105 Applied Liberal Arts Math TECEP, BUS-421-OL BSBA Capstone Course (January 2018 term)
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